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16/05/22 09:18 AM IST

International Buddhist Confederation

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will participate in the "Shilanyas” ceremony for the construction of a unique  centre for Buddhist Culture and Heritage within the Lumbini Monastic Zoneduring on the occasion of Vaishakha Buddha Purnima.

About IBC
  • The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), India- with its headquarters in New Delhi, was formed in 2013 as an international Buddhist umbrella body to serve as a common platform for Buddhists worldwide.
  • It has the honour of being instituted under the patronage of the Supreme Buddhist religious hierarchy.
  • The aim is to create a platform for various Buddhist organisations and traditions worldwide to preserve, propagate and promote shared Buddhist values and principles. The objective is also to find shared solutions to global problems.
  • The construction of the unique  ‘India International Centre for Buddhist Culture & Heritage’ with a universal appeal will be undertaken by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), India under the auspices of the Lumbini Development Trust with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
  • International Buddhist Confederation, is a grantee body under the Ministry of Culture .
  • The Buddhist Centre will be the first ‘Net Zero Emission’ building in Nepal.
About Lord Buddha 
  • Buddha was born in Lumbiniin Nepal, he attained enlightenment in Bodhgaya in Bihar, preached his first sermon at Sarnath and attained Nirvana in Kushinagar, in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Lumbini is the holy place where according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mahamayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama at around 623 B.C.
  • Lord Buddha, was born in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage.
  • Lumbini is one of the holiest and most important places in Nepal as a result of which it was included in the list of World Heritage areas by UNESCO.
Source-PIB 

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